Stephen Biko A Pioneer in the Fight for Racial Equality

This post is about the South African Black History Hero Steve Biko. Bantu Stephen Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist. I Write What I Like contains a selection of Biko's writings from 1969, when he became the president of the South African Students' Organization, to 1972. He knew the needs of the black community, and he believed in self-help. In 1975 he founded the Zimele Trust Fund to help political prisoners and their families, ... Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and his death in police detention in ... Steve Biko, the 30-year-old leader of the black consciousness movement in South Africa died while in police hands. Stephen Bantu Biko was a South African activist. He is famous for his activism against apartheid in South Africa during the 1960s and 1970s. Listen in to our show commemorating Steve Biko, who was murdered in 1977 while in custody of the South African police. Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in ... On fourth installment, we are covering the legend, Steve Biko. Learning how we grew up and what was driving him. Stephen Bantu Biko was born in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1946. As a child, he showed interest and became active in the anti-apartheid ... Steve Biko, one of the most prominent leaders in the anti-apartheid struggle, died in police detention on September 12, 1977.